Whitney Houston Charged with Pot Possession

Pop singer Whitney Houston could face
30 days in a Hawaiian jail and a $1,000 fine for allegedly
possessing half an ounce of marijuana, discovered by security staff
at the Keahole-Kona International Airport, police said.

The drug was found Jan. 11 in Houston’s bag during a routine
search as the recording star prepared to board a plane for San
Francisco, First Deputy Prosecutor Charlene Iboshi said. The petty
misdemeanor charge was filed Tuesday.

Staff kept the bag, but Houston departed before officers had
arrived, police said.

Houston’s husband Bobby Brown was arrested earlier this year at
the airport in Newark, N.J., after testing positive for cocaine
while on probation for a 1996 drunk driving conviction. Houston
picked Brown up from a Florida jail July 7, when he was released 10
days early for good behavior.